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Martha Wentworth is a Actor American born on 2 june 1889 at New York City (USA)
Verna Martha Wentworth (June 2, 1889 – March 8, 1974) was an American actress.
Having had a long radio career since the early 1920s, listeners recognised her as The Wintergreen Witch on The Cinnamon Bear radio program (1937), Annie Wood and Mrs. Littlefield on Crime Classics (1953), Ma Danields on The Gallant Heart (1944), as well several semi-regular roles on Broadway Is My Beat, On Stage, and The Abbott and Costello Show.
She later became a film actress in the 1940s, starring in several Red Ryder Western films. She worked as a voice artist for Walt Disney Studios; as Nanny, Queenie the Cow and Lucy the Goose in One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961) and as Madame Mim in The Sword in the Stone (1963), her final credited film appearance.
She died 11 years later at the age of 84.
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Birth name Verna Martha Wentworth
Nationality USA
Birth 2 june 1889 at New York City (USA)
Death 8 march 1974 (at 84 years) at Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 2 june 1889 at New York City (USA)
Death 8 march 1974 (at 84 years) at Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles (USA)
Verna Martha Wentworth (June 2, 1889 – March 8, 1974) was an American actress.
Having had a long radio career since the early 1920s, listeners recognised her as The Wintergreen Witch on The Cinnamon Bear radio program (1937), Annie Wood and Mrs. Littlefield on Crime Classics (1953), Ma Danields on The Gallant Heart (1944), as well several semi-regular roles on Broadway Is My Beat, On Stage, and The Abbott and Costello Show.
She later became a film actress in the 1940s, starring in several Red Ryder Western films. She worked as a voice artist for Walt Disney Studios; as Nanny, Queenie the Cow and Lucy the Goose in One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961) and as Madame Mim in The Sword in the Stone (1963), her final credited film appearance.
She died 11 years later at the age of 84.
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Add to a movie listThe Sword in the Stone (1963)
, 1h19Directed by Wolfgang Reitherman
Origin USA
Genres Fantasy, Musical, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about magic and magicians, Films about dogs, Films about dragons, Witches in film, Musical films, Political films, Steampunk films, Buddy films, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère, Films about royalty
Actors Karl Swenson, Junius Matthews, Rickie Sorensen, Sebastian Cabot, Norman Alden, Martha Wentworth
Roles Madam Mim / Old Lady Squirrel (voice)
Rating71%
After the King of England, Uther Pendragon, dies, leaving no heir to the throne, a sword appears inside an anvil in London. The sword bears an inscription proclaiming that whoever removes it will be the new king. No one can remove the sword, which is eventually forgotten, leaving England in the Dark Ages.
, 1h19Directed by Clyde Geronimi, Wolfgang Reitherman, Hamilton Luske
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Musical, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Film d'animation mettant en scène un animal, Films about dogs, Musical films, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Rod Taylor, Cate Bauer, Betty Lou Gerson, J. Pat O'Malley, Ben Wright, Martha Wentworth
Roles Nanny / Queenie / Lucy (voice)
Rating72%
Songwriter Roger Radcliffe lives in a bachelor flat in London, along with his dalmatian, Pongo. Bored with bachelor life, Pongo decides to find a wife for Roger and a mate for himself. While watching various female dog-human pairs out the window, he spots the perfect one, a woman named Anita and her female dalmatian, Perdita. He quickly gets Roger out of the house and drags him through the park to arrange a meeting. He and Anita fall in love and get married.
The Beatniks (1960)
, 1h18Directed by Paul Frees
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Peter Breck, Charles Delaney, Sam Edwards, Martha Wentworth, Paul Frees
Roles Nadine
Rating25%
Eddy Crane is the leader of a gang that robs small businesses for petty cash. At one point, his gang accosts the broken-down car of a music business executive, Harry Bayliss. Afterward Bayliss wishes to call a tow truck, so he goes into the eatery where Eddy's gang is celebrating. Bayliss overhears Eddy singing to the jukebox and offers him a chance to audition for his variety program. Eddy accepts, passes his audition, and is given a spot on television. Eddy sings a two-minute song that is apparently stupendously successful, with Bayliss calling Eddy an "overnight sensation" and prophesying an astounding rise to fame, complete with a hit record, "a guest spot on every top show," and eventually culminating with "The Eddy Crane Show." Atop Eddy's newfound success, he also immediately begins making advances at Bayliss's secretary, Helen Tracy, in preference over his long-suffering girlfriend, Iris.
Go, Johnny, Go! (1959)
, 1h15Origin USA
Genres Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Herb Vigran, Frank Wilcox, Martha Wentworth, Robert Foulk, Milton Frome, Phil Arnold
Roles Mrs. McGillicuddy
Rating57%
This is a fiction account of a young singer Johnny Melody who gets discovered by Alan Freed. It starts with Chuck Berry and Alan discussing the young Melody with Barry intimating that he nearly ended in the slammer. Alan relays the story of how Johnny went from being a orphan with no last name to becoming a major singer.
Daughter of Dr. Jekyll (1957)
, 1h11Directed by Edgar George Ulmer
Origin USA
Genres Fantasy, Horror
Actors Gloria Talbott, John Agar, Arthur Shields, Martha Wentworth, John Dierkes, Marjorie Stapp
Roles Mrs. Merchant
Rating54%
Partie avec son fiancé en Angleterre pour hériter d'une maison familiale, Janet découvre qu'elle est en fait la fille du Dr. Jekyll. Très vite elle se retrouve hantée par d'affreux cauchemars et le sang se met à couler...
The Killer is Loose (1956)
, 1h13Directed by Budd Boetticher
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Joseph Cotten, Rhonda Fleming, Wendell Corey, Alan Hale Jr., Michael Pate, John Larch
Roles Apartment House Manager's Wife (uncredited)
Rating65%
An employee of a savings and loan company successfully robs a bank as an inside job. At first, bank employee Leon Poole (Wendell Corey) is considered a hero during the bank robbery, but the police quickly figure out he's involved in the crime. The cops catch up with Poole and his young wife at their apartment. Poole's wife is accidentally shot to death during a gunfight. Poole is arrested, convicted and sent to prison for the robbery.
Rock Around the Clock (1956)
, 1h17Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Lisa Gaye, John Archer, Tony Martínez, Johnny Duncan, Michael Mark, Joe Palma
Roles Miss Dunlap (uncredited)
Rating60%
Rock Around the Clock tells a highly fictionalized rendition of how rock and roll was discovered. As band manager Steve Hollis observes that big band dance music is failing to draw audiences any longer, he comes across a new sound that piques his interest. While traveling through a small farming town, he attends the local teenage dance and is introduced to rock and roll music and dancing, in the person of local band Bill Haley & His Comets and their associated dancers. Convinced that rock and roll will be the next big thing, Hollis strikes a deal to manage the group and also strikes up a romance with dancer Lisa Johns.
Artists and Models (1955)
, 1h42Directed by Frank Tashlin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes La bande dessinée, Spy films, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Political films
Actors Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Dorothy Malone, Shirley MacLaine, Eva Gabor, Anita Ekberg
Roles Fat Lady (uncredited)
Rating65%
Rick Todd (Dean Martin) is a struggling painter and smooth-talking ladies' man. His goofy young roommate Eugene Fullstack (Jerry Lewis) is an aspiring children's author who has a passion for comic books, especially those of the mysterious and sexy "Bat Lady."
Jupiter's Darling (1955)
, 1h35Directed by George Sidney
Origin USA
Genres Musical theatre, Romantic comedy, Adventure, Historical, Musical, Romance
Themes Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Sports films, Musical films, Political films, Films based on plays
Actors Esther Williams, Howard Keel, Marge Champion, Gower Champion, George Sanders, Richard Haydn
Roles Widow Titus
Rating57%
Nous sommes en 216 av. J.-C. Après avoir anéanti les légions romaines, le général carthaginois Hannibal marche sur Rome à la tête de son armée, tandis qu’à Rome même, le dictateur Fabius Maximus espère enfin se marier à la belle et indépendante Amythis, sa fiancée depuis 7 ans.
Blackboard Jungle (1955)
, 1h41Directed by Richard Brooks
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Films about education, Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Glenn Ford, Anne Francis, Louis Calhern, Sidney Poitier, Margaret Hayes, John Hoyt
Roles Mrs. Brophy (uncredited)
Rating73%
Richard Dadier (Glenn Ford) is a new teacher at North Manual High School, an inner-city school where many of the pupils, led by student Gregory Miller (Sidney Poitier), frequently engage in anti-social behavior. Dadier makes various attempts to engage the students' interest in education, challenging both the school staff and the pupils. He is subjected to violence as well as duplicitous schemes; he first suspects Miller, but later realizes that Artie West (Vic Morrow) is the perpetrator, and challenges him in a classroom showdown.
The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)
, 1h59Directed by Otto Preminger
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir, Crime, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Films about drugs, Musical films
Actors Frank Sinatra, Eleanor Parker, Kim Novak, Arnold Stang, Robert Strauss, Darren McGavin
Rating72%
Frankie Machine (Frank Sinatra) is released from prison with a set of drums and a new outlook on life, and returns to his run down neighborhood on the North Side of Chicago. A heroin addict, Frankie became clean in prison. On the outside, he greets friends and acquaintances. Sparrow (Arnold Stang), who runs a con selling homeless dogs, clings to him like a young brother, but Schwiefka (Robert Strauss), whom Frankie used to deal for in his illegal card game, has more sinister reasons for welcoming him back, as does Louis (Darren McGavin), Machine's former heroin dealer.
She Couldn't Say No (1954)
, 1h29Directed by Lloyd Bacon, Fred Fleck
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Robert Mitchum, Jean Simmons, Arthur Hunnicutt, Edgar Buchanan, Wallace Ford, Raymond Walburn
Roles Mrs. Holbert
Rating58%
Wealthy Corby Lane (Jean Simmons) visits the small American hamlet of Progress, Arkansas, whose residents had paid for a critical medical operation for her when she was a child. She decides to express her gratitude by giving them money anonymously. The headstrong woman clashes with the local doctor, Robert Sellers (Robert Mitchum), who foresees the resulting chaos.
The Human Jungle (1954)
, 1h22Directed by Joseph M. Newman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Gary Merrill, Jan Sterling, Regis Toomey, Lamont Johnson, Chuck Connors, Paula Raymond
Rating59%
A Chicago, le capitaine Danforth (Gary Merrill) s'apprête à quitter la police après dix années de service pour devenir avocat. Il mène une dernière enquête sur le meurtre d'une danseuse et, en parallèle, se voit proposer par son supérieur un dernier défi : rétablir l'ordre dans un commissariat situé dans les quartiers pauvres et malfamés de la ville
One Girl's Confession (1953)
, 1h14Directed by Hugo Haas
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Cleo Moore, Hugo Haas, Burt Mustin, Russ Conway, Glenn Langan, Gayne Whitman
Roles Old Lady
Rating63%
Mary Adams (Cleo Moore) is a waitress in a waterfront bar run by a man who had swindled her father years before. One night, she climbs in the man's bedroom window and steals $25,000 from under his pillow. The police arrive the next morning and, to escape pursuit and reprisal of the bar-owner, she confesses her crime. When The money is not recovered, Mary is sent to prison for five years, but earns early release for good behavior. While on parole, she gets another waterfront waitressing job. Dragomie Damitrof (Hugo Haas), the owner of this bar, is a foreign scoundrel father-figure type. Mary believes that she is being watched by the authorities still trying to recover the money, and is somewhat un-trusting of everyone.
O. Henry's Full House (1952)
, 1h57Directed by Henry King, Henry Hathaway, Howard Hawks, Jean Negulesco, Henry Koster
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Christmas films, Children's films
Actors Anne Baxter, Jeanne Crain, Farley Granger, Charles Laughton, Oscar Levant, Marilyn Monroe
Roles Mrs. O'Brien (segment "The Last Leaf") (uncredited)
Rating71%
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